Second Ashes Test

And there goes Robinson!!

 

Somewhat interesting match for Buttler !
What a way to get out

 

So the only player capable for defending for over 100 balls was white ball specialist Buttler.

Seems inevitable that Bairstow will come in for Pope in the next test, just a question of who keeps wicket. Woakes batted ok, but can't have him as a front line bowler for the sake of the 50 or 60 runs that he might give you over 2 innings. Though you could make a case for him opening the batting at the moment!

 

Buttler played a cracking innings and didn't deserve to get out the way he did.

 

The opening pair for 3rd Test is main poser in my opinion.
Hameed and Crawley
Hameed and Malan
Burns and Crawley
Burns and Malan
Hameed and Burns

There are equal left and right handed players so who would you choose ?
I’d go for Malan and Hameed bringing in Bairstow later in order as Woakes may lose out,but I think they’ll stick with current pair

 

Would probably be unfair to throw Crawley in now, given the amount of preparation he will have had.

Burns would be some player if he held the bat facing the right way.

 

Might as well open with Bairstow, let him treat it like a ODI and hope it comes off to get us a good start. It can't go worse than the opening partnerships in the first two tests.

 

Leave Malan right where he is. Toss a coin on the openers none are good enough on current performance levels.

 

Cook and Boycott?

 

Without a doubt our best two ever !

Boycott is 80 odd but would still outscore Burns … eventually

 

Its cricket for goodness sake. Who cares!!!!

 

I wouldn't back Bairstow to last much longer than Burns did in the first innings at Brisbane, against a new red ball.

Though putting Stokes or Woakes up there might not be the craziest thing

 

It’s your national team and they’re playing or trying to play a sport man !

 

As I said before, Leach and Anderson wouldn’t be a bad shot.

 

I fear Anderson might be done sadly.

 

Burns would be an average player if he stood facing the right way.

I'm convinced he's won a raffle to be England Opener.

 

I thought he’d call it a day after this tour but someone convinced me that he would play next summer and then bow out

 

May aswell get the whole T20 Batting line up and tell them to go for it.

 

Scored 3 test hundreds. Averaged over 40 against this attack in English conditions in the last home ashes. The talent is there, but he needs to make some adjustments to give himself more chance of getting in.